Ano-ano nga ba ang masamang epekto ng oil spill sa buhay-dagat? | Reporter’s Notebook
Mula Bataan, kumalat na ang oil spill sa iba't ibang probinsya kabilang ang Bataan, Bulacan, Cavite, hanggang sa baybayin ng Maynila! Ano nga ba ang mapanirang epekto nito? Panoorin ang buong detalye sa video. #GMAPublicAffairs #GMADocumentaries #ReportersNotebook
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00:00But not only in Bulacan, the effects of oil spill in MTKR Terranova were felt.
00:07In the following oil spill trajectory models released by UPMSI,
00:12it was stated that the effects of oil spill will also reach the coastal areas of Cavite and Batangas, even in Metro Manila.
00:20Just this Wednesday, Cavite declared a state of calamity after being affected by 8 towns.
00:31Reporters Notebook went to Barangay Amaya 5 in Tanza, Cavite.
00:36The resident, Marivic Gomez, told the story.
00:39It was a Friday afternoon when they smelled the oil spill.
00:44When they went to Marivic, the coastal area,
00:47they were struck by the black and white debris.
00:53In the video and images taken by the group of experts,
00:58you can see water lilies, garbage,
01:04and oil-coated sludge.
01:08We also found other sludge on the beach.
01:13The other garbage collected by Marivic reached 40 bags.
01:19Because if it is repeated, it will affect the fish.
01:24We will be more affected.
01:28Marivic and Romulo are fishing.
01:31They barely earned a living because of the oil spill.
01:36They told us not to eat fish or crabs.
01:40They fed us the fish that our husband caught.
01:47This is also what Lester Jonas, who has been a fisherman for two decades, experienced.
01:52We lost our last fish.
01:54The price of the fish was so high.
01:56We went to the fish market.
02:00They did not notice how poor we were.
02:05Last Friday, the group of experts went to the beach.
02:12Instead of selling the 14 kg fish for Php 2,500,
02:18they bought the 15 kg fish for Php 500.
02:24Why did they buy the fish from me?
02:27The seller told me not to eat fish or crabs.
02:33The fish is really oil-coated sludge.
02:38In Ternate, Cavite,
02:39a group of young people helped to clean up the garbage collected in their coastal area.
02:46That's a plastic bottle.
02:48It's so sticky.
02:51It has a huge effect.
02:53Look at this plastic bottle.
02:56It's full of oil.
02:57It's hard to remove.
02:58It's sticky.
03:02In the oil spill trajectory model of UPMSI,
03:05July 29, 2024,
03:07oil spill reached coastal areas of Cavite.
03:11The next day, July 30,
03:13the oil spill reached Metro Manila.
03:17In the drone footage of Greenpeace Philippines,
03:20the oil spilled in Manila Bay is visible.
03:26As of now,
03:27the Philippine Coast Guard or PCG said
03:29only one liter of oil is spilled per hour
03:32in MTKR Terra Nova
03:34from 2 gallons per minute in the first few days.
03:39In this underwater footage,
03:40divers are carefully checking the oil tanker.
03:44When the valve reached the ship,
03:46they checked it one by one.
03:49Next week,
03:50PCG's target is the siphoning of oil from the tanker.
03:56However,
03:57the oil spill from MTKR Terra Nova is not yet solved.
04:01A new tragedy happened.
04:04Not far from Mariveles Bay,
04:06MTKR Jason Bradley sank.
04:09Until now,
04:10the ship is still there.
04:12It has a load of 5,500 liters of operational oil.
04:16But here in Mariveles Bay,
04:19you can see the effect of the oil spill.
04:21Here,
04:22there are marks of mud.
04:24Their bay.
04:26Residents can also notice
04:28dead fish.
04:29They can see dead fish in their bay.
04:32But it's really hard to say for now
04:35if it's really directly related to the oil spill.
04:38The local government,
04:40even the provincial government,
04:42is sending improvised oil spill boom
04:45here in Mariveles to block
04:48the oil spill from entering their bay.
04:56In the drone video,
04:57MTKR Jason Bradley was surrounded by an oil spill boom.
05:01Two Coast Guard ships are also watching the oil tanker.
05:05We will continue to assess
05:07where the pipes will be placed
05:10so that we can start siphoning
05:13here in MTKR Bradley.
05:16This Thursday,
05:17aside from the foul-smelling complaint of the residents,
05:21several dead fish were seen in the bay.
05:24There are dead fish in Mariveles Bay.
05:26There are lots of them.
05:29The UPMSI said
05:31the oil spill is dangerous to health and the environment.
05:35Oil spills can affect
05:38marine organisms
05:41that photosynthesize.
05:43These are photosynthetic organisms
05:46like phytoplankton
05:48that we can see in surface water.
05:51The long-term impact of oil spills
05:54can affect mangroves,
05:57coral reefs,
05:58and then seagrass ecosystems.
06:01They are the habitat,
06:03feeding ground,
06:04breeding ground,
06:05and habitat of diverse marine organisms
06:09in the environment.
06:12If mangroves and seagrass ecosystems are already affected,
06:16for a long time,
06:17it is possible to feel the effect of oil spills
06:20on food security in the country.
06:22In Terra Nova,
06:23there are places where fishing is prohibited.
06:27If oil spills are not prevented
06:30and the spread is far,
06:32we will encounter problems in food security.
06:39In the past few days,
06:41Water Testing and Monitoring
06:43of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, or BFAR,
06:46conducted oil spill-affected areas.
06:49We conducted a sensory evaluation
06:54on fish affected by oil spills.
06:58It was negative.
06:59They do not smell like fish.
07:01They do not taste like fish.
07:06But there are some places in Bataan and Cavite
07:08that have already declared a fishing ban.
07:10In Cavite in particular,
07:12it immediately manifested.
07:14There are fish that already tasted.
07:16That's why they were forced to declare
07:20a state of calamity
07:21at the same time.
07:22Fishing ban.
07:23Only in Bataan and Limay
07:25did they declare a selective ban,
07:27particularly in Ground Zero,
07:30but not the entire area.
07:35On July 23,
07:36the MV Mirola,
07:37which is located in the shallow part of the sea
07:39in Mariveles, Bataan,
07:40was the first to go ashore.
07:42The Philippine Coast Guard
07:44immediately carried out an oil recovery operation.
07:46Minimal oil sheens were observed in the area.
07:49We continued to clean up manually.
07:52What we are doing is scooping.
07:56In the next oil spill incident,
08:02what is the government doing
08:04to stop this continuous spread?
08:07The Philippine Coast Guard also deployed
08:09what we call
08:10the Marine Casualty Investigation Team.
08:13What we will do is
08:14we have a law enforcement
08:16and investigation body here
08:19and at the same time
08:20we will also respond to the three ships.
08:23In the latest aerial inspection
08:25of the Philippine Coast Guard,
08:26only a thin layer of oil or sheen
08:28was seen in the area of Bulacan and Cavite.
08:33For the environmental group
08:35Greenpeace Philippines,
08:36the effect of oil spills in the sea
08:38will not disappear.
08:40Unfortunately,
08:41there is no such thing
08:42as an oil spill cleanup
08:44because oil never disappears.
08:46Even if it is cleaned,
08:47even if the top layer is removed,
08:49even if the thick layers are removed,
08:51oil will stay in the environment.
08:53The real long-term impacts
08:55may be unquantifiable.
08:59It is important to answer
09:01the victims of the oil spills.
09:04It is not the fault of the fisherfolk.
09:06Certainly, it is not the fault
09:08of the biodiversity in the area.
09:10It should also be recovery
09:12and compensation
09:14and accountability
09:15and transparency.
09:18The investigation will start soon.
09:20The national government
09:21is on top of the situation.
09:23We will move forward
09:25in our investigations.
09:27Meanwhile,
09:28we tried to get a copy
09:30of the company
09:31that obtained the oil
09:32in the service of
09:33M.T. Terranova
09:34and M.T. Jason Bradley.
09:36But until now,
09:37they haven't answered us.
09:39The reporter's notebook
09:40for their copy is open.
09:43The investigation
09:44of the Philippine Coast Guard
09:46in the sinking of oil tankers
09:48and the sinking of MV Mirola